Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-06-25

guilty? One big tear did get as far as
the end of Barty's nose, but he dashed
it scornfully away, and forbade another
one to start. And by way of keeping
up his heart, and as being appropriate
TO the time. if not exactly to the occa-
sion, Barty whiStled Yankee Doodle
In the meantime Miss Polyphemia's
nerves had received such a shock that.
even after the glazier had repaired her
window. she could not bring herself to
open her shop. Never in the whole
course of her Shop-keeping had such an
outrage been perpetrated before, and
the worst Of it was that Lord George,
her precious Lord George. was miss
ing. The excitement of the day be-
fore had caused her to forget him when
she locked the house up for the night,
and he was left tied to the backyard
fence, The rope was broken, and he
was gone, and Miss Polyphemia thought
it probable that that dreadful boy who
broke her window had stolen OF
poisoned him.
She inserted an advertisement in tho
Plumleyville Star, Offering a liberalre
ward for his return, and she posted a
similar notice on a tree in front of her
shop; but they brought no ndinss OF
the lost dog.
Late in the afternoon of the Fourth
of July Miss Polyphemia stood at her
gate and looked ~anNiouSly up and down
the street, hoping to catch a glimpse of
Lord George, The st~age-drirer came
along and stopped when he saw her,
II heard you'd lost that dog OF
your'n," he remarked, land shouldn't
be surprised if he got hurt consid'ble
when he broke hat glass. | happened
to be goin' by when twas done-'bout
half-past four o'clock. Your dog and
that biz WELLER one that 'blongS to the
new grocer was a-fghtin'. My want
they a-giyin' it to one t'other! Some
how or mother they came crashin' agin
u. ~ II ~ .h,v 10Th ~
nv "'l;g'' "-- - h,;~, nrs,,r
" en- s'.t's' ~ \. srsslo3 off
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and your dog he run down the street
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o.e' ne was NO. a. nm Y-' ~ NV
ms we inc s'9Il an" ~ I'm lt'' ''S
Key OF lhe Ioch-uP' "Ne''e1 sue H"''
~aulhoFI'! 10 open II VI i'''' 'H"' Poo'
boy should not S'a! 'here any longer
She declared; anu a. ene't poo! III
flumle!lil!e A"t" 'H"' N''s Io'lPNe-
ma WouIu laIe ieL own way, 'He 'on,
stable VIE 'hou5H' sHe HloA'" d VIII
give her me Key .
Barry, sitting ueJecle"I! on one d
the small cots Whlch were lAe onl! iuF-
nlture OF the locA-uP' hearu lhe Key
clicK IN the locN ana "a" WIFI as'ohisn-
ment MISS folypheIlla' painting Win
haste stahulu9 oeloIe MN
"lou aluh 40 H. she Exclaimed
81 guess l know tha'' alo bartN'
with some temper
at was my aog aho another dog'
You have good honest eyes might
nave known you were not |" 'hiei'
what Is your NAME ana where DO you
live? Bartlett Pllklns! On that 1t!
eNclalihGo MISS io'S Pneiili'' "' II sno
had made Il great discovery AND
your father naine was bartlett MI
hlhs, WASH ~ =.
"leSm nj put he : ueao' saia party
Miss iolyphemla put her hahoker-
chief to her eyes; there was something
} that ieIt Ike a tear IN " corner OF one
of them Inc run was that MISS
! Polyphemla had once oeen engaged to
marry bartlett rllklhs' pV' she was
Z considerably oder thah ne ana people
: had told her that he only wanted the
! property mat her 1atner haa ieit her,
t and she had dismissed nm. Ai'erwaro
, she had been little sorry, although he
had w "amounten TO much ac
| cording to flumieyViile report ana M
, family had come pack 10 TlumleyVlil
from the West-where he mad gon'
I when fortune went against HIN a
d home-yery poor.
II your mother mas a haru lime 10 &c
along, don't she' asked Miss Poly
y phemia,
"Yesm; but she won't when l &c
a little bigger sand barty' cont
l IDENTITY
II There lsh much ior a boy 10 10 /
Plumleyyille; but ! want an asslstar
" in my ShOD, ] ulun I think OF hayln